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Line 1: + − [[Image:chuck_norris.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right| The Christian [[Chuck Norris]], who is a critic of [[atheism]], endorses the Total Gym exercise system.<ref>http://www.totalgymdirect.com/</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55789 Chuck Norris article on atheism]</ref>]]
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[[Image:chuck_norris.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right| The Christian [[Chuck Norris]], who is a critic of [[atheism]], endorses the Total Gym exercise system.<ref>http://www.totalgymdirect.com/</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55789 Chuck Norris article on atheism]</ref>]]
'''Muscular Christianity''' was a worldwide Protestant phenomenon that seems to have begun sometime in the early 19th century. The rise of [[YMCA]]'s throughout the western can be used to trace its growth and movement. Its appearance in America has been dated to 1880 by a Harvard University-published scholar.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tkgpnpfWm2gC ''Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920''], Clifford Putney,Harvard University Press, 2003, ISBN 0674011252, ISBN 9780674011250, 300 pages</ref>
'''Muscular Christianity''' was a worldwide Protestant phenomenon that seems to have begun sometime in the early 19th century. The rise of [[YMCA]]'s throughout the western can be used to trace its growth and movement. Its appearance in America has been dated to 1880 by a Harvard University-published scholar.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tkgpnpfWm2gC ''Muscular Christianity: Manhood and Sports in Protestant America, 1880-1920''], Clifford Putney,Harvard University Press, 2003, ISBN 0674011252, ISBN 9780674011250, 300 pages</ref>
Brett and Kate McKay wrote:
Brett and Kate McKay wrote:
{{Cquote|Historian Clifford Putney defines Muscular Christianity “as a Christian commitment to health and manliness,” and as a label and a philosophy, it originated in England in the 1850s, growing out of the novels of Thomas Hughes (Tom Brown’s School Days) and Charles Kingsley (Westward Ho!). Both men believed the [[Anglican]] Church was becoming too soft and effeminate, and created protagonists in their books who embodied an ideal counterbalance — young men who managed to combine the virtue and ethics of gentlemanly Christians, with masculine athleticism, camaraderie, and honor.
{{Cquote|Historian Clifford Putney defines Muscular Christianity “as a Christian commitment to health and manliness,” and as a label and a philosophy, it originated in England in the 1850s, growing out of the novels of Thomas Hughes (Tom Brown’s School Days) and Charles Kingsley (Westward Ho!). Both men believed the [[Anglican]] Church was becoming too soft and effeminate, and created protagonists in their books who embodied an ideal counterbalance — young men who managed to combine the virtue and ethics of gentlemanly Christians, with masculine athleticism, camaraderie, and honor.